May Purchases

If I may, since this came on the very last day of April, and i already posted in the April thread. However I consider this unique enough it warrants a second posting.:)


A nice little catch:

A 1942 dated, matching Walther PP in 32 acp with a Dural frame.


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Dural framed PPs are exceedingly difficult to find! Congrats! I sold mine off a few years back, as usual, I wish I hadn't:runaway: Beautiful rig, thanks for showing!
 
joe n said:
Dural framed PPs are exceedingly difficult to find! Congrats! I sold mine off a few years back, as usual, I wish I hadn't:runaway: Beautiful rig, thanks for showing!
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Thanks Joe

I believe, I actually stumbled across posts about yours on another forum from a couple years back. That was very nice as well!
 
It was $350. I dont know a lot about No4s yet, but from what I have seen for sale here on the EE, I thought it seemed like a good deal. So I emptied my pockets and went home with a smile:)
 
I saw that rifle there. It was really decent and at a good price. I don't remember if the numbers on bolt and receiver matched. Even if they don't, it's still a very decent example and at a decent price. Good for you.
 
When I took it to show my grandfather, with a big grin he said it had been a long time since he had held a No4. Now I just need to find a Ross like the one he carried throughout NW Europe!
 
jibjedi, is your grandfather over 100 years old? Was he in a non essential part of the service that accepted substitute standard weapons?
 
No, he fought as regular infantry with the Canadian Scottish regiment throughout Holland and Germany. I originally wanted to find a No4 Mk1 assuming that would be what he carried ....but he said he was issued a Ross rifle. Reading about Ross rifle history on here did make me wonder about this. But he still has a very sound mind ...I'm pretty sure he isn't confused. I have seen his service records and everything else he has told me about his time serving is accurate. Maybe I should start a new thread and see if someone might be able to shed a little light on this, as I kind of wondered about it myself.
 
War's a weird thing. P14's were serving in WW2 as sniper rifles, home guard had rakes and shotguns, germans had mp44's, italian machine guns and WW1(?) bergmans. No telling who had what really.
 
Wasn't really trying to pull your chain jibjedi. It's quite possible he was issued a Ross, if he was a truck driver, guard or a cook. Unless he had a sniper version, it's doubtful that he would be issued a Ross as a battle rifle.
 
S&W Pre-Victory

Not really rare, but interesting to me nonetheless, I just acquired this Canadian-marked S&W "Pre-Victory" in .38 S&W (posed here with some things which belonged to my Grandfather, who served in Europe with the Canadian Scottish). Produced late 1941 or early '42.

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These are fun to shoot, though reloading is a good idea to keep ammunition costs down. I have two of these now (so I might just have to let the other one go - to let someone else have some fun) ;)

This helps fill another gap in my search to get examples of the "20th Century Military Arms of Canada" as it were.
 
RR, it may not be rare but it's rare to see them in such fine condition. Why not keep that one safe and pretty and shoot the other one?
 
well its been a good week lol
bought a mk III at gun show . apparently a 1935 BSA comercial rifle with mag cut off in place
with spanish writing on stock disc maybe portuguese military?
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and tonight i bought a 1915 Mk III BSA sporterised , but the metal is in crisp condition 100% blueing and matching . so this puppy definately going to be restored to its fomer glory .
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talc to highlight markings
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